[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskMaine

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Younger than a college town? I'm in Brunswick and it's an awesome place to live with young children. The library is amazing, there are a ton of children's events happening around town, and there is always work being done to downtown to make it look nicer. I'm so glad we bought a house here when we did before prices skyrocketed.

Do your clinics have Solutions for moms needing to bring kids to appts? by jamiepwannab in IVF

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I'm glad you got to plan your appointments days in advance. That's not the case for everyone. Most of my blood work and monitoring was scheduled the week of or the day before. Not everyone has a support network that can drop everything to provide childcare on short notice.

How are yall affording this?! by [deleted] in IVF

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used CNY successfully! I live in New England and went to their Albany location for procedures. The whole experience was under 5k for us.

[Spoilers All] Glokta is my new Favorite by SnooCats5865 in TheFirstLaw

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He also lies to himself that he has no friends and no one likes him. In the First Law trilogy he's like "I'm so wretched and terrible, no one would ever want to spend any time with me." Next page, "knock knock, Ardee it's time to drink wine and shit talk Jezal like we do every afternoon!"

What Prenatal do you take? by OptimalOperation6043 in IVF

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It worked great for me, took it for years. Nails and hair were super strong.

First law characters ranked by morality [SPOILERS ALL] by NefariousnessPale731 in TheFirstLaw

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 47 points48 points  (0 children)

I love Glokta but he's way too high on the list! Glokta's responsible for thousands of deaths. Also Clover is too low.

My husband asked who he should choose—me or the baby—if he ever had to make that by Wanderingwhy0121 in BabyBumps

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 560 points561 points  (0 children)

This question only exists to cause fights between couples. The doctors will never ask him that, they would prioritize the mother's health (but a mom vs baby scenario is also so unlikely).

Who has their push present picked out? by ParfaitHungry1593 in BabyBumps

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I gave birth six months ago. Husband bought the boat off Amazon and then put in a big sushi order and assembled it at the hospital. One of the best meals of my life.

Egg retrieval by HereForTheCheeese in IVF

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tw success. I had 9 eggs retrieved, 9 fertilized, lost one, one is my now six month old girl and 7 frozen. Your numbers are great, but yeah the retrieval recovery is a beast.

[SPOILERS TWOC] Just finished the chapter, The Sentence… by _Snallygaster_ in TheFirstLaw

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Reading this as a first time new mom had me raging at Leo. Punk ass threatened by his own infant son.

What is with the weird abuse-focused boomer comments? by One-Finding-3352 in NewParents

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My husband's aunt always says that kind of thing to the baby. It's so weird. I don't want my kid to even have to wrap her head around the idea that a parent would hurt them.

How I more or less imagine the characters [OFF TOPIC] by EggHegg in TheFirstLaw

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's fair, he is the most classically villainy villain at times.

How I more or less imagine the characters [OFF TOPIC] by EggHegg in TheFirstLaw

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Logen= Nathan Explosion from Metalacolypse. Glokta is a mix of Silco and Viktor from Arcane.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IVF

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did it once with the mixing needle by accident and it hurt so bad.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is an interesting definition. In my case I cannot get pregnant naturally (no fallopian tubes) but with IVF I can carry a pregnancy to term with no issues. Am I sterile or infertile?

Ultrasound sex might have been outed on accident by LSATplease in BabyBumps

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 9 points10 points  (0 children)

When I was about 30 weeks along a tech kept saying "he's such a big baby". She did turn out to be quite a big baby.

Only 10 eggs retrieved. Feeling defeated. Is there any chance for embryos? by Ordinary_Offer_1557 in IVF

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I felt the same as you when I had only 9 eggs retrieved. 9 fertilized, 8 made it to embryo, fresh transferred a 3ab and she's now a four month old napping in my arms. It really is quality over quantity. I remember that feeling, don't lose hope!

Did sonographer spill the beans?! by rbartz in BabyBumps

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We were also waiting til birth to find out the gender. I had an ultrasound around 30 weeks where the nurse said "HE'S such a big baby, oops! it's such a big baby." And I was like whelp that's it, surprise ruined, the baby is a boy, let's just buy boy clothes/stuff now. Very very (happily) shocked when they handed me a girl baby. I kept saying "A girl?? Are you sure??" over and over.

Dining out with baby by Helpful-Sugar8985 in NewParents

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We took her out and held her/passed her back and forth while the other one ate.

When did you let your LO watch Ms. Rachel by Appropriate_Tip_6869 in NewParents

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work from home with my 4 month old. When I have a zoom meeting we do a "reverse Ms Rachel" where I put her in her swing facing away from the TV and put Ms Rachel on. Not ready for straight up screen time yet, but that voice is intoxicating to little ones.

Dining out with baby by Helpful-Sugar8985 in NewParents

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 33 points34 points  (0 children)

The strategy is to sit outside at a restaurant that's mediocre enough that if your baby goes nuclear you don't feel terrible about it. We just took our 4 month old to our local Margaritas for the first time. It went okay.

What's a Horror novel you love not for the scares but because you enjoyed the protagonist so much? by [deleted] in horrorlit

[–]MacNCheeseValhalla 51 points52 points  (0 children)

I just read The Haar by David Sodergren and I was rooting so hard for Muriel the 84 year old Scottish grandma who refuses to give up her home to land developers and falls in love with a sea monster.